The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench has requested responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and UPPSC regarding a petition challenging the 2025 PCS and ACF preliminary examination results. Petitioners claim they scored above the general cut-off in the OBC category but were not placed in the general category, preventing them from appearing in the main exam. The court has given the respondents three weeks to file their replies and scheduled the next hearing for January 22, 2026.